Pokemon: Power of One (1999)
"Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ: Maboroshi no pokemon: Rugia bakutan" (original title)

An evil genius in a flying fortress is trying to kidnap the birds of the fire, ice, and lightning islands in hopes of luring the sea power, Lugia, and controlling the world. Ash and his ... See full summary »

Director:

Kunihiko Yuyama

Writers:

Takeshi Shudo (characters), Satoshi Tajiri

Stars:

Rica Matsumoto, Mayumi Iizuka, Tomokazu Seki

Cast

Credited cast:
Rica Matsumoto	...	Satoshi (voice)
Mayumi Iizuka	...	Kasumi (voice)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Kenji (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Musashi (voice)
Ikue Ôtani	...	Pikachu (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Kojiro (voice)
Inuko Inuyama	...	Nyarth (voice)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Togepi (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Dr. Okido (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Rugia (Japanese) / Lugia (English) (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rikako Aikawa	...	Fire
Masatoshi Hamada	...	Yadoking (voice)
Shoshi Hiramatsu	...	Flula (voice)
Takeshi Kaga	...	Jiraldan (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi	...	Thunder

Storyline

An evil genius in a flying fortress is trying to kidnap the birds of the fire, ice, and lightning islands in hopes of luring the sea power, Lugia, and controlling the world. Ash and his friends, in the process of carrying out an island tradition that requires visiting those three islands, discover the plot and try to stop it. Even the comic villains, Team Rocket, turn good and help out in the end against the threat of world destruction. And Pokemon assemble from all around the world in case they can be of help (but they end up helping only the merchandising).

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Plot Keywords:

based on video game | pokémon | sequel | pocket monsters

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Taglines:

This summer, one person can make all the difference.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. [us]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

21 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$19,575,608 (USA) (21 July 2000)

Gross:

ESP 343,305,927 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

4 Kids Entertainment, Kids' WB, Oriental Light and Magic

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As a word, "bakutan" (commonly translated as "explosive birth") does not exist in Japanese, but its two kanji are abbreviations of the Japanese words "bakuhatsuteki" (explosive) and "tanjou" (birth). "Bakutan" is a pun of "bakudan" which means "bomb" in Japanese.

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Goofs

Ekans is seen swimming but Ekans cant swim.

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Quotes

Ash Ketchum: It's times like these that I wish I had been named Bob.

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Connections

Followed by Gekijoban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Kyurem vs Seikenshi Keldeo (2012)

User Reviews

Better than the first Pokemon

The main film of the Pokemon 2000 duet is a significant improvement on the first -- as animation, as plot and with some knowing bows to the "fighting" style of the king of Japanese 'mons, Godzilla. Compared with Rocky & Bullwinkle, this is MacBeth.